# Ministry of the Presidency (Costa Rica)

The Ministry of the Presidency (Spanish: Ministerio de la Presidencia) is a ministry of the Republic of Costa Rica created on 24 December 1961 through Law 2980. Its work prescribed by law consists in providing support to the President of the Republic, serving as a liaison between the Presidency and the other branches of government, civil society and the various ministries.
Being one of the most political ministries, since it has to coordinate with the social and political organizations, with the Legislative Assembly and with the opposition groups, it is usually put in charge of one of the closest collaborators of the President. The Costa Rican intelligence agency, the Directorate of Intelligence and Security, reports to the Ministry of the Presidency, which has generated controversy.
Said portfolio is one of the most important in the Costa Rican presidential cabinet. The Minister of the Presidency has among its functions to coordinate inter-ministerial and inter-institutional work, to be an interlocutor between the President and the Parliament together with other tasks similar to those that in other countries fall on a Chief of Cabinet or Prime Minister, so usually a person of extreme confidence of the President is appointed. It is not unusual, too, that a few former presidential ministers have been later elected presidents of the Republic. The Minister of the Presidency, however, is not head of government, as Costa Rica's Constitution establishes that the President is both head of state and head of government.
The headquarters of the Ministry of the Presidency are located in Casa Presidencial in Zapote District, San José.

## List of ministers

Ministers of the Presidency :
| No. | Minister | Period | Party | President |
| 1 | Mario Quirós Sasso | 1962-1966 | National Liberation Party | Francisco José Orlich Bolmarcich |
| 2 | Diego Trejos Fonseca | 1966-1970 | National Unification Party | José Joaquín Trejos |
| 3 | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría | 1970 | National Unification Party | José Joaquín Trejos |
| 4 | Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez | 1970-1974 | National Liberation Party | José Figueres Ferrer |
| 5 | Wilburg Jiménez Castro | 1975-1976 | National Liberation Party | Daniel Oduber Quirós |
| 6 | Fernando Volio Jiménez | 1977-1978 | National Liberation Party | Daniel Oduber Quirós |
| 7 | José Rafael Cordero Croceri | 1978-1982 | Unity Coalition | Rodrigo Carazo Odio |
| 8 | Fernando Berrocal Soto | 1982-1984 | National Liberation Party | Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez |
| 9 | Danilo Jiménez Veiga | 1984-1986 | National Liberation Party | Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez |
| 10 | Rodrigo Arias Sánchez | 1986-1990 | National Liberation Party | Óscar Arias Sánchez |
| 11 | Rodolfo Méndez Mata | 1990-1991 | Social Christian Unity Party | Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier |
| 12 | Rolando Laclé Castro | 1991-1994 | Social Christian Unity Party | Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier |
| 13 | Rodrigo Oreamuno Blanco | 1994-1996 | National Liberation Party | José María Figueres Olsen |
| 14 | Marco Antonio Vargas Díaz | 1996-1998 | National Liberation Party | José María Figueres Olsen |
| 15 | Roberto Tovar Faja | 1998-1999 | Social Christian Unity Party | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría |
| 16 | Danilo Chaverri Soto | 1999-2002 | Social Christian Unity Party | Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría |
| 17 | Ricardo Toledo Carranza | 2002-2006 | Social Christian Unity Party | Abel Pacheco de la Espriella |
| 18 | Rodrigo Arias Sánchez | 2006-2010 | National Liberation Party | Óscar Arias Sánchez |
| 19 | Marco Antonio Vargas Díaz | 2010-2011 | National Liberation Party | Laura Chinchilla Miranda |
| 20 | Carlos Ricardo Benavides Jiménez | 2011-2014 | National Liberation Party | Laura Chinchilla Miranda |
| 21 | Melvin Jiménez Marín | 2014-2015 | Citizens' Action Party | Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera |
| 22 | Sergio Alfaro Salas | 2015-2018 | Citizens' Action Party | Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera |
| 23 | Rodolfo Piza Rocafort | 2018-2019 | Social Christian Unity Party | Carlos Alvarado Quesada |
| 24 | Víctor Morales Mora | 2019-2020 | Citizens' Action Party | Carlos Alvarado Quesada |
| 25 | Marcelo Prieto Jiménez | 2020-2021 | National Liberation Party | Carlos Alvarado Quesada |
| 26 | Geannina Dinarte Romero | 2021-2022 | Citizens' Action Party | Carlos Alvarado Quesada |
| 27 | Natalia Díaz Quintana | 2022-2024 | United We Can | Rodrigo Chaves Robles |
| 28 | Laura Fernández Delgado | 2024-present | Christian Democratic Alliance | Rodrigo Chaves Robles |